Therefore we can say the relation between sound and meaning is not logical but arbitrary and conventional .

即词的发音与意义之间的关系是任意的和约定俗成的。

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This intuition is not arbitrary or irrational, but is based on years of painstaking practice and hands-on experience that build skills.

这种直觉不是武断的或非理性的，而是建立在多年艰苦的实践和建立技能的实际经验的基础上的。

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All these are specified within "view coordinates," which are not pixels but any arbitrary range of values that you can define in whatever way makes sense for your application.

所有这些元素都在“视图坐标”中指定，坐标值不是像素，只是适合应用程序的需要而定义的任意数值范围。

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"And so,you have all the transgressions which are listed, not just in my report but in many other reports-et cetera persecution,clampdown, collective punishment,torture, arbitrary executions, public executions,et cetera despite various formal guarantees in the constitution and in criminal law."

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Their relationship is necessary but, as we'll see in a minute, arbitrary, and each sign is like that.

这种关系十分必要，但是它又有任意性。

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It's pretty arbitrary, but it's big relative to what the numbers were we were talking about before.

它是任意的，但它是跟数字是相关的,我们之前讲到过。

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But first he wants to replace the current centralised but arbitrary arrangements for funding federal universities with a British-style system, in which each manages its own finances but is funded according to a standard formula tied to the number of students on each type of course.

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Exacting a threshold by which utility companies must supply green energy is not just arbitrary but also expensive, forcing consumers to buy products that they may not typically select, the groups say.

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"But the effect of arbitrary rule changes has been to discourage and undermine the morale of some head teachers, " he said.

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